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it said the killing of the former president rabbani was carried out in pakistan by a pakistani national. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general john allen, urged islamabad to review its ties with militant groups. those ties were forged more than 30 years ago when the soviets invaded afghanistan. >> for us, we're doing the analysis to determine whether the isi in collusion with the insurgents inside pakistan are causing problems inside afghanistan. pakistan has to make decisions about its own relationship with those insurgent groups. >> reporter: the security situation in afghanistan continues to deteriorate. the kabul government and the u.s. now face the huge task of quelling the violence before the pull-out in 2014. >>> now for an in-depth report, in the second part of our series on mongolia, we focus on the nomadic herdsman. this main industry used to be the main way of life in the country. now their numbers are falling sharply. changing political systems and natural disasters have played a role. so has modernization. >> reporter: for the nomadic herdsmen of mongolia, li
it said the killing of the former president rabbani was carried out in pakistan by a pakistani national. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general john allen, urged islamabad to review its ties with militant groups. those ties were forged more than 30 years ago when the soviets invaded afghanistan. >> for us, we're doing the analysis to determine whether the isi in collusion with the insurgents inside pakistan are causing problems inside afghanistan. pakistan has to make...
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it is pakistan's safe havens. >> schieffer: what about pakistan? c.i.a. director leon panetta was there and he kind of read the riot act to the intelligence service there. what about this? >> well, i think it's the biggest threat to our efforts in afghanistan. when we provide information to pakistanis about i.e.d.factories in pakistan on their side of the border being used to kill our troops, they give the information to the enemy and these places are... before we can get there the pakistani army can get there to neutralize these threats, the i.e.d.-factories are disassembled. quite frankly, bob, i'm tired of telling a south carolina family, sorry about losing your son in afghanistan, an i.e.d.made in pakistan and there's nothing we can do about it. my message to the pakistanis is you have to choose who you're with and the safe havens in pakistan are the biggest threat to our progress in afghanistan. i appreciate the drone attacks but we need benchmarks and measurements in terms of future cooperation with pakistan and afghanistan. we need to start measuri
it is pakistan's safe havens. >> schieffer: what about pakistan? c.i.a. director leon panetta was there and he kind of read the riot act to the intelligence service there. what about this? >> well, i think it's the biggest threat to our efforts in afghanistan. when we provide information to pakistanis about i.e.d.factories in pakistan on their side of the border being used to kill our troops, they give the information to the enemy and these places are... before we can get there the...
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it said the killing of the former president rabbani was carried out in pakistan by a pakistani national. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general john allen, urged islamabad to review its ties with militant groups. those ties were forged more than 30 years ago when the soviets invaded afghanistan. >> for us, we're doing the analysis to determine whether the isi in collusion with the insurgents inside pakistan are causing problems inside afghanistan. pakistan has to make decisions about its own relationship with those insurgent groups. >> reporter: the security situation in afghanistan continues to deteriorate. the kabul government and the u.s. now face the huge task of quelling the violence before the pull-out in 2014. >>> now for an in-depth report, in the second part of our series on mongolia, we focus on the nomadic herdsman. this main industry used to be the main way of life in the country. now their numbers are falling sharply. changing political systems and natural disasters have played a role. so has modernization. >> reporter: for the nomadic herdsmen of mongolia, li
it said the killing of the former president rabbani was carried out in pakistan by a pakistani national. the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan, general john allen, urged islamabad to review its ties with militant groups. those ties were forged more than 30 years ago when the soviets invaded afghanistan. >> for us, we're doing the analysis to determine whether the isi in collusion with the insurgents inside pakistan are causing problems inside afghanistan. pakistan has to make...
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for the first time, the highest- ranking official is pakistan's own intelligencees is that helped plan and execute an attack on the u.s. embassy. it was last week afghanistan's capital kabul, the u.s. embassy came under attack from rockets. u.s. officials say pakistan was involved. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: before a senate committee, the joint chief's chairman admiral mike mullen testified the terror group behind the attack, the pakistan's government spy agency are one in the same. >> ha kirk ani network for one acts as a veritable arm of pakistan's internal services intelligence agency. >> reporter: admiral mullen added the united states has credible intelligence linking the is, a -- isi to a june 28th attack to a hotel in kabul. >> with isi support, the county operatives planned and conducted the truck bomb attack and the assault on our embassy. >> reporter: in an interview with reuters, pakistani interior minister issued a denial saying to say this it's isi involved in that attack, i categorically deny it. we have no such policy to attack or aid attacks through pakist
for the first time, the highest- ranking official is pakistan's own intelligencees is that helped plan and execute an attack on the u.s. embassy. it was last week afghanistan's capital kabul, the u.s. embassy came under attack from rockets. u.s. officials say pakistan was involved. >> good morning, everybody. >> reporter: before a senate committee, the joint chief's chairman admiral mike mullen testified the terror group behind the attack, the pakistan's government spy agency are...
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a second key challenge stems fr pakistan. the global instability of the country, the insurgent safe havens that remain there, the ties to terrorists that still exist among elements that exist and seeming deceleration of our relationship amid the continuing reing of davis. we sought every means to compel pakistan to reorient its strategic calculus short of cutting off u.s. assistance, which we did once before to no positive effect. to be sure, pakistan deserves praise forome steps it has taken to fightl eda and taliban groups on the pakistani side of the border. what we must ireasingly recognize is perhaps the most effective way to end pakistan ft. for teorist groups is to succeed in afghanistan. ultimately, it is only when an afghan government and security force is capable of neutralizing the terrorist groups backed by some in pakistan that those pakistani leaders could come to see a strategy of hedging their bets in this conflict will only leave them less secure and more isolated. we have made a great deal of progress in afg
a second key challenge stems fr pakistan. the global instability of the country, the insurgent safe havens that remain there, the ties to terrorists that still exist among elements that exist and seeming deceleration of our relationship amid the continuing reing of davis. we sought every means to compel pakistan to reorient its strategic calculus short of cutting off u.s. assistance, which we did once before to no positive effect. to be sure, pakistan deserves praise forome steps it has taken...
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compound in pakistan. a small team of americans carry out the operation with the extraordinary courage and ability. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a firefight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> now, live pictures from the united states. americans celebrating the news that bin laden has been killed. crowds are gathering outside the white house on this may 1. here is a look back to the life of osama bin laden. >> the most wanted man is now dead. osama bin laden was sought by security forces before the attack of 2001. he has dominated global consciousness ever since. he was born in saudi arabia in 1957. he was the son of a prominent businessman of colossal wealth. at the age of 14, inherited more than $300 million. this general knew him as a school board. >> he was one of the lightest and most kind boys in the school. he kept to himself. he was very religious. -- this general knew him as a schoolboy. >> he would not participate in the sh
compound in pakistan. a small team of americans carry out the operation with the extraordinary courage and ability. no americans were harmed. they took care to avoid civilian casualties. after a firefight, they killed osama bin laden and took custody of his body. >> now, live pictures from the united states. americans celebrating the news that bin laden has been killed. crowds are gathering outside the white house on this may 1. here is a look back to the life of osama bin laden. >>...
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in fact, when chairman kerry returned from pakistan, the prime minister of pakistan made a statement to china and was welcomed and stated that china was pakistan's greatest record i wish you the best and i am grateful that you are undertaking this. i look forward to visiting new and perhaps continuing our discussion. >> thank you. ambassador crocker, i join my colleagues in thank you for your willingness to continue to serve the country. i certainly stand ready and i'm sure all this do to be helpful to you if you take on this new assignment. i know you have not had a chance to review the report that was released this morning from the committee. i think it provides a renewed perspective on how difficult the challenges are in afghanistan. it particular highlights the civilian challenges and much of that has been discussed by others here. the report certainly underscores the need for our reconstruction projects in afghanistan to be necessary, achievable, and sustainable. i know there have been some concerns about the projects undertaken under the sirp program. i share concerns about how
in fact, when chairman kerry returned from pakistan, the prime minister of pakistan made a statement to china and was welcomed and stated that china was pakistan's greatest record i wish you the best and i am grateful that you are undertaking this. i look forward to visiting new and perhaps continuing our discussion. >> thank you. ambassador crocker, i join my colleagues in thank you for your willingness to continue to serve the country. i certainly stand ready and i'm sure all this do to...
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-- sakt wears in pakistan with the -- sanctuaries in pakistan. they are exor thing their troops to fight on by cell phone or h.f. radio. with the hakani network, there is recruiting taking place in north waziristan, although they are under considerable pressure from the counterterrorism campaign that is being conducted there. >> when i see a chart like the one on page 15 about afghan national security forces growth, how would you plot a chart showing taliban forces or hakani networks or other insurgents that our troops have to worry about? >> that's a hardly debated topic, and -- that's a hotly debated topic and we have a methodology for trying to determine the numbers of taliban, keeping in mind that, of course, it goes up and goes down based on fighting season, based on how things are going and so forth, recognizing that there's a fair amount of the population in afghanistan after 30 years of war that can adopt chameleon-like atributes as required to survive from day-to-day. the general assessment is that there's been somewhere around 25,000 ta
-- sakt wears in pakistan with the -- sanctuaries in pakistan. they are exor thing their troops to fight on by cell phone or h.f. radio. with the hakani network, there is recruiting taking place in north waziristan, although they are under considerable pressure from the counterterrorism campaign that is being conducted there. >> when i see a chart like the one on page 15 about afghan national security forces growth, how would you plot a chart showing taliban forces or hakani networks or...
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and the business communities in pakistan, which is the bright spot in pakistan should engage more actively on that because it is in everybody's interest. .. alliance of the of pakistani and establishment still see extremist groups in afghanistan as part of the nation's strategic depth with regard to india and what role should others plea in the process specifically iran, china and india. >> that's a fundamental question and i spent a week in january and got to interact with many of the senior military intelligence officials as well as academics tribal areas a little bit. in one of the takeaways from that visit which is surprising is that it was clear that pakistan wants to see this conflict maxtor result and it's equally clear that they were extraordinarily concerned they would be left with a mess on their doorstep that would be a redheaded stepchild where they would have to care for for the next decade or more after the united states left so i think one of the important things the u.s. needs to do as soon as possible and president obama's speech next month in july is to dispel some of the
and the business communities in pakistan, which is the bright spot in pakistan should engage more actively on that because it is in everybody's interest. .. alliance of the of pakistani and establishment still see extremist groups in afghanistan as part of the nation's strategic depth with regard to india and what role should others plea in the process specifically iran, china and india. >> that's a fundamental question and i spent a week in january and got to interact with many of the...
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and the business communities in pakistan, which is the bright spot in pakistan should engage more actively on that because it is in everybody's interest. .. alliance of the of pakistani and establishment still see extremist groups in afghanistan as part of the nation's strategic depth with regard to india and what role should others plea in the process specifically iran, china and india. >> that's a fundamental question and i spent a week in january and got to interact with many of the senior military intelligence officials as well as academics tribal areas a little bit. in one of the takeaways from that visit which is surprising is that it was clear that pakistan wants to see this conflict maxtor result and it's equally clear that they were extraordinarily concerned they would be left with a mess on their doorstep that would be a redheaded stepchild where they would have to care for for the next decade or more after the united states left so i think one of the important things the u.s. needs to do as soon as possible and president obama's speech next month in july is to dispel some of the
and the business communities in pakistan, which is the bright spot in pakistan should engage more actively on that because it is in everybody's interest. .. alliance of the of pakistani and establishment still see extremist groups in afghanistan as part of the nation's strategic depth with regard to india and what role should others plea in the process specifically iran, china and india. >> that's a fundamental question and i spent a week in january and got to interact with many of the...
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embassy in kabul is parts of pakistan security services. -- part of pakistan security services. and reaching nirvana. the legendary rock band is still sound and strong. >> welcome to our viewers. market watchers watched market plummet worldwide. in the u.s., the dow closed nearly 400 points down. the international monetary fund warned that the chances of a global economic recovery are narrower now than in any time in the last three years. our chief correspondent reports. >> share prices have plunged. investors looking at the major economies do not like what they see. >> there is a political crisis, a financial crisis, a banking crisis. >> the numbers coming out of the euro zone over the last few months have been deteriorating. >> households, consumers, and businesses on both sides of the atlantic have been dealt a poor hand years about jobs and livelihoods. ben bernanke and john cliche -- and the head of the european central bank have taken actions. there are significant downside risks. the markets did not like the sound of that. there are real concerns about where the world eco
embassy in kabul is parts of pakistan security services. -- part of pakistan security services. and reaching nirvana. the legendary rock band is still sound and strong. >> welcome to our viewers. market watchers watched market plummet worldwide. in the u.s., the dow closed nearly 400 points down. the international monetary fund warned that the chances of a global economic recovery are narrower now than in any time in the last three years. our chief correspondent reports. >> share...
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if you had your way, the americans with fight the relationship with pakistan. >> pakistan has lost $70 billion in this war. this is published by our own. this aid is destroying us. i would tell the americans, what do they want? there should be no terrorism. that is all they should want. we will do it our way. >> you have news of what could be days for pakistan at the un? >> the president will put forward a bid for palestine to be given full membership of the united nations on friday. despite opposition from the united states and israel, the president has pressed ahead with his campaign. the merits states has said it will veto any bid that comes before the council. our correspondent is at the end of the stations at new york. >> the palestinian president says in a few hours time asking that palestine be accepted as a member state of the united nations. have already said it would veto such a move. the peseta has been trying all week to change his mind. mr. obama said in his speech the only way to stay to it is through direct negotiations, not to statements or revolutions at the un. the pa
if you had your way, the americans with fight the relationship with pakistan. >> pakistan has lost $70 billion in this war. this is published by our own. this aid is destroying us. i would tell the americans, what do they want? there should be no terrorism. that is all they should want. we will do it our way. >> you have news of what could be days for pakistan at the un? >> the president will put forward a bid for palestine to be given full membership of the united nations on...
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agreement, transit trade across pakistan to india. this year, you never want to be optimistic but this year has seen potential breakthroughs in india, pakistan trade which would be obviously fundamental for pakistan when you are revolutionary for their economy and it would also be very, very valuable for afghanistan. from an infrastructure perspective, all of the roads and potential for rail, all of that is improving across the board. baselines were low but if we look at transit trade here in the north and now potentially in the central area, there is infrastructure going in the bridge the lead is going to allow ridge to flow. ultimately that is more of a political question but you can't do it without the infrastructure. so the question is can some of these projects like some of the energy projects proposed coming down from central asia, whether those can actually get underway. i believe this last trip, i was there a month ago and went to kabul and islamabad, right across and it was a very economically focused tripped and i met with b
agreement, transit trade across pakistan to india. this year, you never want to be optimistic but this year has seen potential breakthroughs in india, pakistan trade which would be obviously fundamental for pakistan when you are revolutionary for their economy and it would also be very, very valuable for afghanistan. from an infrastructure perspective, all of the roads and potential for rail, all of that is improving across the board. baselines were low but if we look at transit trade here in...
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neighbor pakistan secret service and not on the secret services but that well practically officially was supporting taliban a lot now after the regime change has this situation changed or is it is it continuing the support oh well. pakistani officials. stated many times of them favor over saddam and and start illustration of going to stand and they have been lied to and lee in war one that i am supporting undergarment forssell sar i'm going on think i will force us but at the same time there is a growing three hundred five so. many taliban fighters under their structures so they have by a network a logistic and other sort of network deployed on the pakistan who sort of. are if practiced on real or wants to conduct but policy that all of the state and that's where. the other sort of this very important problem of safety nets and they are not doing it so they are doing they've been quite well in south waziristan that last year about everybody. very few carlow gone and priests are all on to government for schools they have have so safely insert in northern. in biologist the koran and so
neighbor pakistan secret service and not on the secret services but that well practically officially was supporting taliban a lot now after the regime change has this situation changed or is it is it continuing the support oh well. pakistani officials. stated many times of them favor over saddam and and start illustration of going to stand and they have been lied to and lee in war one that i am supporting undergarment forssell sar i'm going on think i will force us but at the same time there is...
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while i have to recognize that there are some pakistan's interests here which are not compatible with u.s. interests and the interest of nato at this point. those will be a factor. the pakistani interestingly had come to recognize -- i think it has to be seen as part of this, that they don't trust the taliban. we assume we often simply put them together or they are their protectors and, therefore, the question of just whether they're speaking for them or they have coordinated their effort advanced. pakistani needs to be suspicious that they can control the taliban in power. but the pakistanis want out of negotiations is they want a pastun force in kabul but they don't want it to have a free hand. they want to have that force in a way checked or diluted by the other groups and in that way, they can be sure that their basic interests are taken care of and that includes an indian influence and they would not have to face that blowback if the taliban were to gain great offense there where they might and i believe where they would then find that their interests really are far more akin to
while i have to recognize that there are some pakistan's interests here which are not compatible with u.s. interests and the interest of nato at this point. those will be a factor. the pakistani interestingly had come to recognize -- i think it has to be seen as part of this, that they don't trust the taliban. we assume we often simply put them together or they are their protectors and, therefore, the question of just whether they're speaking for them or they have coordinated their effort...
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in light of the current conditions in pakistan with the relationship between pakistan and the united states and with the current projection of force drawdown in afghanistan, do you believe that we will still be in as general rodriguez says, in good shape with our operations in afghanistan and efforts to defeat the taliban and ultimately displace al-qaeda with the current situation in pakistan and with the proposed draw down. >> i think that calculus depends on how things go in afghanistan, not completely, but significantly, and -- well, at the same time, they're going through an incredible difficult time right now, not just -- not just in the relationship with the united states, but also internally, particularly their military because of what they've been through, and i said before, and i will just repeat the entire chape of the chand in the united states through the president thinks it's important to sustain the relationship even through its most difficult times, and it's actually heartened by the fact we are going through a very difficult time, and, in fact, the relationship is sti
in light of the current conditions in pakistan with the relationship between pakistan and the united states and with the current projection of force drawdown in afghanistan, do you believe that we will still be in as general rodriguez says, in good shape with our operations in afghanistan and efforts to defeat the taliban and ultimately displace al-qaeda with the current situation in pakistan and with the proposed draw down. >> i think that calculus depends on how things go in...
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pakistan is a mess. let them kill each other forever, as far as i am concerned, as long as they are not killing us. i would restrict the mission to -- are you telling me there is a threat such as used to exist when mullah omar was living there and planning things? i would leave the rest of it being a mess. >> if and if you go down to where there are 20,000 u.s. forces, if the cost of doing business in afghanistan is greater than the pontotoc, they will not seek to come back in significant numbers -- greater than the fatah. >> let me register my disagreements with some of what bing said. the size of american investments, the amount of money we have spent has had a distorting effect on every aspect of the afghan political economy. should be our goal to reduce the size of our presence in troops and the distorting effect we have on the political economy, but to do it in a responsible way. it would be unwise to have a policy goal of inducing a civil war. afghans deserve better than that from us and so do all
pakistan is a mess. let them kill each other forever, as far as i am concerned, as long as they are not killing us. i would restrict the mission to -- are you telling me there is a threat such as used to exist when mullah omar was living there and planning things? i would leave the rest of it being a mess. >> if and if you go down to where there are 20,000 u.s. forces, if the cost of doing business in afghanistan is greater than the pontotoc, they will not seek to come back in significant...
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i couldn't face writing pakistan. afghanistan for some reason was easy for me to write and i could not face writing pakistan. it was just this writer's block. i was writing around the half of the book that dealt with pakistan or only writing the funny bits, and then i went to visit my mother for ten days over christmas, which is a great way to write a book, because you realize that you have an excuse to get away from your mother for half the day, you know, because at least my mother likes to talk about feelings and emotions and things like that. so, i would take half the day and i would write the book, and then i would come and i would read it to her. and that -- i wrote all of pakistan in those ten days. i wrote about 5,000 words a day. it was all inside me waiting to come out and i kind of needed my mom around almost to hold my hand and to walk me through it. she didn't know any -- my parents did know any of the stuff i went through because you're protecting them. so i was really difficult for her as well to hear ev
i couldn't face writing pakistan. afghanistan for some reason was easy for me to write and i could not face writing pakistan. it was just this writer's block. i was writing around the half of the book that dealt with pakistan or only writing the funny bits, and then i went to visit my mother for ten days over christmas, which is a great way to write a book, because you realize that you have an excuse to get away from your mother for half the day, you know, because at least my mother likes to...
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he's the father of pakistan. unfortunately, he died less than a year after pakistan's creation and ever since then, pakistan has had a lot of difficulty with its political leaders and many feel he died too soon. if he lived a bit longer, perhaps the foundations of pakistan's democracy might have been stronger. host: that was in 1947. what happened that created pakistan? guest: well, it was a mess. and it was a mess from which the country really has never recovered, in a way. this was during the time of british rule in the subcontinent of india and the decision was made very quickly and very arbitrarily by the british colonial rulers to separate, to make a new country. they arbitrarily divided northern india into india and pakistan and in a matter of weeks you had literally millions of people fleeing in all directions. you had indians trying to rush south into what was going to be india and -- sorry, hindus and sikhs fleeing into what would be india and muslims fleeing north into what would be pakistan and there w
he's the father of pakistan. unfortunately, he died less than a year after pakistan's creation and ever since then, pakistan has had a lot of difficulty with its political leaders and many feel he died too soon. if he lived a bit longer, perhaps the foundations of pakistan's democracy might have been stronger. host: that was in 1947. what happened that created pakistan? guest: well, it was a mess. and it was a mess from which the country really has never recovered, in a way. this was during the...
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pakistan in u.s. would stop the insurgents from using pakistan as a base. when the colleagues has written a book. it came out a long time ago. so these u.n.-mediated talks have not gone anywhere. they culminated in the agreement of april 1988 in geneva which allowed the authorized pullout of soviet troops with dignity. now, he had hoped might gorbachev had hoped that this deal would be matched by one between the various afghan parties that would then end the civil war, create a government of national unity. he was careful not to condition the two things on its other. he did not try to link the implantation of the soviet withdrawal to an end traffic an agreement. that could have risked an indefinite delay in february 1989 blast troops did pullout. the government did not fall and washington and stay in power for another three years, continually trying to talk to the leaders as well as the representatives of the other main center. that is the third between the russian and american more. to reach out to the opposition. they only pay contrast to of lip service t
pakistan in u.s. would stop the insurgents from using pakistan as a base. when the colleagues has written a book. it came out a long time ago. so these u.n.-mediated talks have not gone anywhere. they culminated in the agreement of april 1988 in geneva which allowed the authorized pullout of soviet troops with dignity. now, he had hoped might gorbachev had hoped that this deal would be matched by one between the various afghan parties that would then end the civil war, create a government of...
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charlie: the dehaving between the people who are in safe haven in pakistan, omar and others. >> yes. >> charlie: and the people at the middle level. >> yes. >> charlie: who are directing the fighting in afghanistan. is a division. >> yes. >> charlie: and you believe you can reintegrate some of those people who are in afghanistan. >> i strongly believe that. strongly because all of these people who are fighting us, they are not, they are not ideaally converted. >> charlie: because of money. >> there are differences. the biggest motivation for them is money because of the power. and that's big group is because they don't have a job, the taliban are paid. they have prices for different tivities, to put a minor to kill a teacher, international community coalition member. so that's that. there are others which there have been tribal rivalries. and also family rivalries. one side with the government, automatically went out of there. and the same way with the tribes. some has left because of the misbehavior by the afghan government or the forces. so all of these different elements which i t
charlie: the dehaving between the people who are in safe haven in pakistan, omar and others. >> yes. >> charlie: and the people at the middle level. >> yes. >> charlie: who are directing the fighting in afghanistan. is a division. >> yes. >> charlie: and you believe you can reintegrate some of those people who are in afghanistan. >> i strongly believe that. strongly because all of these people who are fighting us, they are not, they are not ideaally...
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in the form of our apartheid and our chief of staff level and also -- >> charlie: apartheid would be pakistan, afghanistan and the united states. >> yes. we have this arrangement since 2006 that we have this meeting and the chief of staff -- in other meetings which is one level below. in the surface there is a lot of mechanism for coordination, intelligence sharing, sharing knowledge and thins with counter ied. but recently i think they are all argument that we have increased our cooperation and we are operating they will cooperate from their side. >> charlie: can you win without that. >> winning is there but it will become much longer and more costly. >> charlie: that reminds me of the history of afghanistan. there is this argument that the united states should not be there because the history of afghanistan suggests that it's ungovernorrable. that a strong central government has been and will ever be. >> i think there are times that afghanistan was one of the peaceful countries in their most and it was really much -- >> charlie: but not a strong central government. wardak province among oth
in the form of our apartheid and our chief of staff level and also -- >> charlie: apartheid would be pakistan, afghanistan and the united states. >> yes. we have this arrangement since 2006 that we have this meeting and the chief of staff -- in other meetings which is one level below. in the surface there is a lot of mechanism for coordination, intelligence sharing, sharing knowledge and thins with counter ied. but recently i think they are all argument that we have increased our...
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and if pakistan is not on board then the taliban aren't going to be on board the taliban and if pakistan wants to cooperate then there's a degree to which they can force the taliban's hand maybe not completely maybe not on the afghan side of the border although probably on the afghan side of the border but they could definitely definitely change the security environment now that question of what to do about pakistan and whether or not their withdrawal from the conference will make it as some people have said utterly meaningless to discuss afghanistan's future is a different question and frankly europe and the u.s. might have to begin to more explicitly place pressure on the pakistanis to investigate a number of options that they potentially have not so much on the cutting assistance side because the west does have a legitimate interest in making sure for instance that pakistan's nuclear weapons are secure but there's a number of creative options that could be investigated among them allowing india to begin to fill some of the security vacuum that's going to be left by the west allowing o
and if pakistan is not on board then the taliban aren't going to be on board the taliban and if pakistan wants to cooperate then there's a degree to which they can force the taliban's hand maybe not completely maybe not on the afghan side of the border although probably on the afghan side of the border but they could definitely definitely change the security environment now that question of what to do about pakistan and whether or not their withdrawal from the conference will make it as some...
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agency in pakistan. they pretty much control everything there. it's as if there's a combination of the cia, fbi, and their entire focus is on what's happening inside their country, not necessarily what's happening outside the country, so we would be followed. they could come to our doors. there's funny scenes of them following us around as i was getting dry cleaning. if we met with an afghan or indian, then you were on their radar. in other words, the isi is pretty much everywhere in that country, but it's not a top-down organization. it's not like as if the guy on top knows everything that's going ton below because of what happened during the 80s. they had different cells of the isi working with these different jihad groups to work across the border in afghanistan and in fighting against the soviets, so you have this mentality there to sl self-contained cells, almost like a terrorist organization, within the isi, so getting back to you question -- do i believe that the leadership of the isi and the afte
agency in pakistan. they pretty much control everything there. it's as if there's a combination of the cia, fbi, and their entire focus is on what's happening inside their country, not necessarily what's happening outside the country, so we would be followed. they could come to our doors. there's funny scenes of them following us around as i was getting dry cleaning. if we met with an afghan or indian, then you were on their radar. in other words, the isi is pretty much everywhere in that...
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let's go to pakistan. i don't know how quick hi they've been able to sort these images but what kind of view is this from the intelligence being shareholder from the world. >> like much of the world, fredricka, pakistan and its citizens are getting ready to see the fascinating citizens for the first time. no reaction just yet. my guess is it's going to convince some of the skeptics in the region. skeptical about osama bin laden being killed earlier this week. i think it's going on the con venice them that they hadn't seen pfr and they are evidence that a u.s. raid wu con kktd in this compound north of is lack bad. thought the week we talked to many people who didn't know he was dead. this will go some way. >> thanks so much. appreciate that. >> so the terror man is now seens once again after his death in still yet more video but a different vision of osama bin laden. a match watching himself on television isolated. traps in his compound. we'll have more right after this. coldwell banker. we never stop movi
let's go to pakistan. i don't know how quick hi they've been able to sort these images but what kind of view is this from the intelligence being shareholder from the world. >> like much of the world, fredricka, pakistan and its citizens are getting ready to see the fascinating citizens for the first time. no reaction just yet. my guess is it's going to convince some of the skeptics in the region. skeptical about osama bin laden being killed earlier this week. i think it's going on the con...
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true pakistan. and taliban all of a right in power a member of the parliament colorful i put some broccoli member of the salad style of mullard salada our foreign minister of the taliban has to live in the safest place of the couple. if you spoke to some of the taliban in pakistan the imbecile who he also has a good life in the safest place of kabul and even sometimes as a politician coming to the media business can go wrong that. although they are in power so what you're saying is it's a choice between going with us nato forces here the worse. again with warlords and the taliban or is it all the same our history shows that we have powerful history we never accept occupation british in the past one crocodile afghanistan faced with resistance of our people russia as a superpower wanted to occupy our country our people with empty hands gave him a very good lesson paid by the resistance of the people getting more resistance our system and tossed into our cities time democratic mind of parties ordinary
true pakistan. and taliban all of a right in power a member of the parliament colorful i put some broccoli member of the salad style of mullard salada our foreign minister of the taliban has to live in the safest place of the couple. if you spoke to some of the taliban in pakistan the imbecile who he also has a good life in the safest place of kabul and even sometimes as a politician coming to the media business can go wrong that. although they are in power so what you're saying is it's a...
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-- afghanistan-pakistan region. there is no question as to why we went to pakistan -- as to why we went to afghanistan. at that time, the taliban controlled the country. the initial training of the attackers took place in afghanistan. we went there because of those attacks. if you narrow it to afghanistan, our objective was to ensure afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for al qaeda or other transnational extremists. the region has some other groups to certainly have aspirations in that regard. beyond that, i think it is important to recall that we had a total of about 10 hours of hearings on capitol hill. we also met with the top four as well. one of the themes i sought to stress once that it was only recently that we got the end this right in afghanistan. secretary gates says there are three phases to afghanistan. we got the early phase right. over time, we took our eye of the ball and focused on other issues -- it was a darn dog petraeus in iraq but when it all the resources. then we came back to af
-- afghanistan-pakistan region. there is no question as to why we went to pakistan -- as to why we went to afghanistan. at that time, the taliban controlled the country. the initial training of the attackers took place in afghanistan. we went there because of those attacks. if you narrow it to afghanistan, our objective was to ensure afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for al qaeda or other transnational extremists. the region has some other groups to certainly have aspirations...
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embassy in kabul is part of pakistan's secret services. and reaching nirvana. 20 years after the release of the "never mind" album, the rock band is still standing strong. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. hello will they go? that is the question market watchers around the globe are asking as they watch stocks plummet worldwide. in london, down nearly 5%. in the u.s., the dow was down nearly 500 points. the head of the international monetary fund warns the chances of a global economic recovery are narrower than anytime in the last three years. stephanie flanders starts our coverage. >> if policy makers wanted to raise the alarm this week about risks facing the global economy, they have done it. the markets are very alarmed. >> there is a fiscal, financial, and banking crisis. >> economic figures released from the u.s. are terrible. >> if you are trying to play these markets on a day-to-day basis, you will be playing with a gun to your head. >> markets tumbled around the world, with the ftse down nearly 5%. in
embassy in kabul is part of pakistan's secret services. and reaching nirvana. 20 years after the release of the "never mind" album, the rock band is still standing strong. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. hello will they go? that is the question market watchers around the globe are asking as they watch stocks plummet worldwide. in london, down nearly 5%. in the u.s., the dow was down nearly 500 points. the head of the international monetary fund warns...
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they remain at large in pakistan. we now return to "war stories"." thank you for watching fox news channel. for more information foxnews.com. have a wonderful evening. >>> most u.s. troops serve in afghanistan's deserts and high mountains there. are also americans hard at work in kabul, the country's teaming capital. >> kabul is important, not just because it is the capital of the country. but because it is where 1/6 of the afghan population lives. >> 3.5 million people, unfortunately much of the money from the opium trade flows to middle men and corrupt government officials here, where the dea also has boots on the ground. >> we are first and foremost criminal investigators. we bring that mindset to the battlefield. we are looking to not just the drug cache but how this fits into a larger picture. identifying the organizations and trying to attack the organizations and its leadership. >> we've gotten more of our street agents in the country now. they interact directly with the afghan counterparts. >> we accompanied a dea back-up team for a meeting w
they remain at large in pakistan. we now return to "war stories"." thank you for watching fox news channel. for more information foxnews.com. have a wonderful evening. >>> most u.s. troops serve in afghanistan's deserts and high mountains there. are also americans hard at work in kabul, the country's teaming capital. >> kabul is important, not just because it is the capital of the country. but because it is where 1/6 of the afghan population lives. >> 3.5...
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. >> how serious alo iit that pakistan is not taking part? >> everyone agrees that pakistan will play an important rolen afghanistan's future. in the a determining role to some degree. there are different views however on what it means that pakistan is bcoin this conference. some feel it will deal a serious blow to the conference, undermine it complety indeed. others say the conference is doomed to failure it anyway because the taliban as represented here. it is not car t cfenc would be better off if pakistan were here. >> all right, that is our political correspondent the fo a now to talk steel. >> deal, still. no corporate news. the largest steel company declared a loss. they remainspiay wk in the u.s. there is uncertainty over how the european sovereign debt crisis will impact core markets in europe and north america. thurnt environment is not easy for the company. >> part-timers for german industrial giant -- hard times for a german industrial giant. the steelmaker had to write down some 2.9 billion euros oit u.s. and stainless steel busi
. >> how serious alo iit that pakistan is not taking part? >> everyone agrees that pakistan will play an important rolen afghanistan's future. in the a determining role to some degree. there are different views however on what it means that pakistan is bcoin this conference. some feel it will deal a serious blow to the conference, undermine it complety indeed. others say the conference is doomed to failure it anyway because the taliban as represented here. it is not car t cfenc...
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officials now say pakistan was involved. before a senate committee chief chairman admiral mike mullen testified the terror group behind the attack and the pakistani spy agency are one and the same. >> the network acts as an arm for pakistan's internal service intelligence agency. >> reporter: admiral mullen added the united states has credible intelligence linking the isi to a june 28th attack on an intercontinental hotel in kabul. >> they conducted that truck bomb attack as well as the assault on our embassy. >> reporter: in an interview pakistani interior minister issued a denial saying say that it is isi involved in that attack, i categoryically deny it. we have no such policy to attack or aid attacks to pakistani forces through any pakistani assistance. u.s. senators are not convinced. >> the insurgent groups like the hakani network continue to enjoy sanctuary in the country as well as active support from pakistan's intelligence service. >> i've repeatedly written to secretary clinton to press to have the hakani group ad
officials now say pakistan was involved. before a senate committee chief chairman admiral mike mullen testified the terror group behind the attack and the pakistani spy agency are one and the same. >> the network acts as an arm for pakistan's internal service intelligence agency. >> reporter: admiral mullen added the united states has credible intelligence linking the isi to a june 28th attack on an intercontinental hotel in kabul. >> they conducted that truck bomb attack as...
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. >> what is that reaction>> well, you mean the pakistan reaction or the -- or pakistan itself? >> pakistan's reaction to the decision to have a slight troop drawdown. i actually haven't gotten it yet. i spoke with my pakistani counterpart yesterday, as we made many contacts and so we agreed to talk in the near future as he's sort of able to absorb it. i mean, from a standpoint of how pakistan views the future and it's consistent across their government. they see a stable, peaceful afghanistan as a goals they, too, would like to be a result of this overall strategy. they live there, seeing is believing and over time exactly how they view this will be determined how this works, i think, personally. i also think they're clearly going through this -- you know, a very difficult time right now, from a strategic standpoint, i and many others believe, including the president, that we have to sustain this relationship as difficult as it is. this is a country who has a significant terrorist problem. it is a country whose country is very weak and it's a country with nuclear weapons that's
. >> what is that reaction>> well, you mean the pakistan reaction or the -- or pakistan itself? >> pakistan's reaction to the decision to have a slight troop drawdown. i actually haven't gotten it yet. i spoke with my pakistani counterpart yesterday, as we made many contacts and so we agreed to talk in the near future as he's sort of able to absorb it. i mean, from a standpoint of how pakistan views the future and it's consistent across their government. they see a stable,...
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know the materials come from pakistan everyone knows that to the u.s. and that's why you see so many building schools bridges and roads falling apart so that the. woman has noticed the poor quality of buildings on more than one occasion part of. his job is to control the quality of construction for the government has seen lots of substandard buildings but when he tried to denounce a shady company he had a lot. of they were using low quality sand for the cement to build the walls of and also the walls were crumbling. we requested that they stop using this type of sand or i think didn't take our request into consideration are you willing they ignored our request why i was among them because they have friends in high places. the most of what i tell them over the sellout is. pretty i bet if you and i have seen publicly to clear that if see you show me one building i repeat just one building that was built correctly clinic the. school is it could see almost surely one job it was completed all the way it was supposed to be this with respect to international n
know the materials come from pakistan everyone knows that to the u.s. and that's why you see so many building schools bridges and roads falling apart so that the. woman has noticed the poor quality of buildings on more than one occasion part of. his job is to control the quality of construction for the government has seen lots of substandard buildings but when he tried to denounce a shady company he had a lot. of they were using low quality sand for the cement to build the walls of and also the...
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pakistan of course being split between east and west pakistan at that point in time. east pakistan would break off with bangladesh in 1971. the important point is that in 1947 what happened was the assumption of older material responsibility that the british held was increasingly taken over by the united states pixel in the 1950s the united states becomes increasingly involved in afghanistan food aid, and through the 1960s that aid it becomes kind of competition with soviet aid which is coming in from the north. so through the '50s and '60s there's a kind of friendly cold war rivalry which afghanistan benefited from in many ways by skillfully playing these too often each other. now pc things changed in 1978 with the overthrow of the afghan monarchy and the assumption of power. at this point in time, afghanistan goes over to the wrong side so the u.s. takes a hostile posture which becomes even more hostile with the soviet invasion in 1979. during the soviet occupation, the united states supplied and supported the anti-soviet mujahedin as they call themselves who waged
pakistan of course being split between east and west pakistan at that point in time. east pakistan would break off with bangladesh in 1971. the important point is that in 1947 what happened was the assumption of older material responsibility that the british held was increasingly taken over by the united states pixel in the 1950s the united states becomes increasingly involved in afghanistan food aid, and through the 1960s that aid it becomes kind of competition with soviet aid which is coming...
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/pakistan relations. on behalf of the wefpg and our board members who are present tonight, dawn, gayle, donna and teresa, i want to welcome everybody here. we're so glad that you could join us for this behind-the-headlines event. these are events on hot issues in the news, and recently we've done events on egypt, libya, women in the middle east, um, and our event tonight is with ambassador husain haqqani, the pakistani ambassador to the who will be joined by our friend and frequent speaker and moderator, washington post's senior national security correspondent karen deyoung. for a conversation on u.s./pakistan relations. the event could not be more timely, as we all know, given the increased tensions in the relationship between the two countries following the killing of osama bin laden. we're so pleased to have the ambassador with us tonight to explore the complexities and the importance of this relationship and extremely lucky to have karen back. i want to recognize a few guests who are here with us toni
/pakistan relations. on behalf of the wefpg and our board members who are present tonight, dawn, gayle, donna and teresa, i want to welcome everybody here. we're so glad that you could join us for this behind-the-headlines event. these are events on hot issues in the news, and recently we've done events on egypt, libya, women in the middle east, um, and our event tonight is with ambassador husain haqqani, the pakistani ambassador to the who will be joined by our friend and frequent speaker and...
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it was a problem in be pakistan and india as well. it was as if women hired for these jobs were told they were being hired because women had different parts than men, so they figured their primary duty was to search only the female parts. at every checkpoint for every foreign woman, it was the same. walk inside some darkroom with several women drinking tea, assume the position. arms out to the sides, legs spread. grit your teeth through the groping. often a security check consisted of a breast squeeze, a crotch grab and a slab on the back. sometimes male guards would come watch the show. meanwhile, afghan men like farooq were barely touched. the presidential palace where the women had shoved me up against the wall once good goody becoming alarmed because i had neglected to wear a bra, and the defense ministry which featured five checkpoints, two with very assertive women. so on this day farooq and i pushed on to the third and fourth checkpoints. both men, both easy. then i faced the last and worst checkpoint inside the ministry headqu
it was a problem in be pakistan and india as well. it was as if women hired for these jobs were told they were being hired because women had different parts than men, so they figured their primary duty was to search only the female parts. at every checkpoint for every foreign woman, it was the same. walk inside some darkroom with several women drinking tea, assume the position. arms out to the sides, legs spread. grit your teeth through the groping. often a security check consisted of a breast...